Madison Jeffrey

Last updated
Madison Jeffrey
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Men's basketball
1923–1925 Northeastern
Baseball
1924–1925 Northeastern
Head coaching record
Overall8–25 (.242) (Basketball)
11–15 (.423) (Baseball)

Madison Peters Jeffrey was an American athlete and coach who was the head coach of the Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team from 1921 to 1923 and the Northeastern Huskies baseball team in 1922 and 1923.

Biography

Jeffrey graduated from Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts in 1914. [1] He attended Tufts College, where he played three seasons of football and two seasons of baseball. He was a member of the Jumbos squad that upset the 1916 Harvard Crimson football team. [2] During World War I, he served in the United States Navy's air service. [3] In 1919, he was awarded a war certificate from Tufts. [4]

Jeffrey was an English instructor at the Wagner School during the 1919–20 school year. In 1921, he joined the faculty at Northeastern College (now Northeastern University) as an instructor of English [3] and coach. [2] He complied a 8–25 record in his two seasons as basketball coach and a 11–15 record in his two seasons as baseball coach. [5] [6] He later worked as director of admissions at Dean Academy and Junior College. [7]

References

  1. Annual Report of the School Committee and Superintendent of Public Schools of the City of Malden. 1913. p. 56. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Noted Athlete Becomes Coach". The Oxnard Daily Courier. August 3, 1921. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Cauldron. 1922. p. 25. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  4. Combined bulletins of the colleges and schools. Tufts University. p. 242. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  5. "Men's Basketball - Coaches Records". Northeastern Huskies. Northeastern University Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  6. "2010 Northeastern Baseball Media Guide" (PDF).
  7. Education Directory 1952-1953. Government Printing Office. 1952. p. 67. Retrieved 23 November 2025.